• Thavron@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Aren’t the director’s decisions basically the same as the character’s? I mean, they’re fictional so the only insight into their character is what we’re shown by the media (i.e. the director’s choices).

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      6 months ago

      Sure, but it’s one thing to think “Yoda was full of himself” and another to think “director wanted a cool looking fight”. They’re basically saying you shouldn’t analyze the thing too much because there wasn’t THAT much thought put into it. Not every move had the character’s thoughts and feelings taken into consideration.

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        6 months ago

        You mean to say that fantasy characters don’t have a fully fleshed out character like real life people do?

        I’m shocked I say